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bíte

(n.)
Grammar
bíte, l. bite,

a bite ⬩ the bite

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Mycelne bite Drihten dyde on helle þá hé þyder ástág, Bl. H. 67, 17. the bite, cut of a weapon, &c. Ðǽr is benda bite and dynta dyne, Wlfst. 114, 23: 209, 17. Gif bánes bite weorð if the bone be cut, Ll. Th. i. 12, 5. (Cf. O.

níþ

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Hú mycelne níþ hí hæfdon menniscum cynne æteówed unusquisque quantum nequitiae egisset, 189, 11. Æfestum onǽled, oferhygda ful, níþum, nearowrencum, Mód. 44. Forlǽtan wé morðor and oferhýdyg and æfeste, . . . níðas and nearoþancas. Verc.

weard-mann

(n.)
Grammar
weard-mann, es; m.

A guard, watchman, keeper

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Wylsce menn geslógan mycelne dǽl Englisces folces ðæra weardmanna, Chr. 1053; Erl. 188, 10. Nytendum ðám weardmannum ic áríse clam custodibus surgo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 272, 1: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 217: Homl. Ass. 78, 152: Anglia x. 99, 311.

gnornung

(n.)
Grammar
gnornung, e; f.

Grief ⬩ lamentation ⬩ mourning ⬩ mœstitia

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Mid mycelre gnornunge ymbe ðæs cyninges slege with great grief for the king's death, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 24: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 13; Edg. 39.

á-forhtian

(v.)
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Hé þearle áforhtode for þám þe hé geþrístlǽhte dón tó bysmore swá mycelum were, 131, 32. Þá áforhtade uncer mód forþan wit wéndan ꝥ . . . , Hml. A. 206, 362, Wé syndon áforhtigende for þám ðe . . . , 186, 147. trans.

Linked entry: on-forhtian

heófung

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Cóm seó módor mid mycelre sárnysse tó þǽre heófunga, Hml. S. 4, 315. Þás bemǽndon mid swýðlicre heófunge ꝥ hí swylce yrmðe gesáwon, 25, 213.

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Nó ðonne bútan med-mycelne dǽl hláfes and án henne ǽg mid lytle meolc wætere gemengedre hé onféng, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 33. Þreó ǽgero, Shrn. 135, 18. Gif hit festendæg sié selle mon fisces and butran and aegera ðaet mon begeotan maege, C.

fremfull

beneficent ⬩ benignant ⬩ useful ⬩ beneficial ⬩ advantageous

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Mid mycelum and fremfullun. (subtili) gesceádes tódále, Angl. xiii. 369, 52. God cwæð be synfullum mannum twá word swíde fremfulle, Hml. Th. ii. 602, 7: Hml. S. 12, 146

blǽd

(n.)
Grammar
blǽd, m.

a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity

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S. 569, 8). a blowing, blast of wind Swíðe mycel windes blǽd, Bl. H. 199, 21; Hml. S. 23, 72. Blǽde flamine, Germ. 400, 496. Se wind him stód ongeán mid ormǽtum blǽde, Hml. Th. ii. 378, 16 : i. 502, 19. Hé ðone windes blǽd áweg flígde, ii. 140, 26.

Linked entry: blæst

settan

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Hé sætte mycel deórfrið . . . Eác hé sætte be þám haran, ꝥ hí mósten freó faran, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 6-12. dele Met. 1, 4, and add Hwelc cynig bið færende tó settanne gifeht (committere bellum) wið óðerne cynig, Lk.

á-dreógan

to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform

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Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12. Wylm ádreáh fervorem exegit, An. Ox. 2512.

Linked entry: á-dreósan

fyrmest

(adv.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adv.
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. ¶ swá (forþ, mycel) swá . . . fyrmest as (far, much) as . . . ever possible Swá swá ic fyrmæst mæg quantum possum, Solil. H. 53, 21. Swá swá hé bútan synne fyrmest mæge in quantum sine peccato valet, Past. 451, 24.

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es; m.: e; f.: stræle, an ; f.

An arrow, shaft, dart

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Ðá sóna mid ðan ðe se strǽl on flyge wæs, ðá com swíðe mycel windes blǽd, ðæt seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and ðá ðone ilcan mon, ðe heó ǽr from sended wæs, hé sceát, Blickl. Homl. 199, 17-23.

Linked entry: streál

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Swíðe mycel cyrice . . . geworht swá fægre and swá weorþlíce swá hit men on eorþan fægrost and weorþlícost geþencean meahton, Blickl. Homl. 125, 22: Rood Kmbl. 33; Kr. 17. Swá weorðlíce, wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe, Exon.

ge-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-feolan, l. ge-feólan; p. -fealh, pl. fulgon.

to press into, ⬩ to make ones way into a place, get and remain in ⬩ to enter the mind ⬩ to stick to. ⬩ to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly ⬩ to adhere to a person, an opinion

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D. 222, 6. to stick to. to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly Swá mycele má hé gefealh mid geornnysse þám gebedum tanto annisu precibus incubuit, Gr. D. 74, 17: 125, 29: 247, 26. Hé gefealh his wæcce instans vigiliis, 170, 30.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

for-hæfednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

Restraint ⬩ continence ⬩ abstinence ⬩ contĭnentia ⬩ abstĭnentia

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Lifde se man his líf on mycelre forhæfdnesse the man lived his life in great continence, 4, 25; S. 599, 28. Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis, 5, 12; S. 631, 33

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Hit hí mid swá mycelre fyrhto and wafunge ( tanto stupore) geslóh, Bd. 4, 7 ; S. 575, 7. Hí sceáwodon ðæt heáfod mid swíðlícre wafunge, Homl. Ass. 112, 331 : Jud. 16, 25.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

irfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
irfe-weard, es; m.

an heir

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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 13.

leód-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
leód-biscop, es; m.

a suffragan

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Hé létt gewrítan hú mycel landes his arcebiscopas hæfdon and his leódbiscopas and his abbodas and his eorlas, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 30. [Mid arcebiscopes and leódbiscopes and abbotes, 1125; Erl. 254, 8.

portic

(n.)
Grammar
portic, es ; m.
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On ðám porticon læg mycel menigeo geádludra, Jn. Skt. 5, 2-3. an enclosed place, a place roofed in Sinewealt cleofa vel portic absida, lytle porticas cancelli, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 34, 37.